Weapons

[Sionnach Glic]

Yeah, the tau tanks are pretty nice.

[Reliant121]

And the Barracuda is damned good as well.

[Sionnach Glic]

The tau fleet is pretty nice, too.

[Reliant121]

I've never seen warhammer 40k starships beyond the ones you've posted.

[Sionnach Glic]

Tau Custodian class battleship:

Tau Protector class cruiser:

Tau Castellan class frigate (right) and Emmissary class light cruiser (left):

Another Emmissary:

Warden class destroyers:

And a group of tau freighters:

[Reliant121]

Awesome. I like the Custodian and Emissary classes most.

[Sionnach Glic]

And one more picture, showing the entire fleet in all its glory, including Barracuda class fighters and Manta class heavy bombers:


I think the Emissary is my favourite. It just has this sense of sleek power around it.

[Reliant121]

My thoughts exactly.

[Sionnach Glic]

As much as the game itself sucked (though the novel was pretty damn cool), Firewarrior had some nice cutscenes with the Emissary and an Imperial Emperor class battleship in action:
The Emperor class bitchslaps the Emissary
The Emissary launches its own counter attack....and gets thoroughly owned by the Emperor again when the latter's guns open up
Emperor class launches drop pods at the planet below before self-destructing
Imperial fleet > planet
Background on the IoM and the tau. A bunch of Emissaries appear at the end

[Reliant121]

Those clips were awesome. i loved the Imperial fleet opening up. is that Exterminatus? just obliterate...well everything?

[Sionnach Glic]

Yup, that's an Exterminatus in action. Gotta love those big fireballs reaching up into space from the surface of the planet.

[Reliant121]

I loved the sorta black hole thing swallowing the planet.

40k is officially epic. Deep, go ahead. Spout your for the emperor chants.

[Sionnach Glic]

If you like the tau, you should pick up the novel Firewarrior which was based on the game of the same name. It follows the journey of one tau soldier, Kais, as he fights the Imperium and slides slowly into insanity. Loads of ground action, some nice space combat, Space Marines acting badass, well written characters and some great plot twists in it.

But for the love of all that's holy, do NOT pick up the game. It sucks. Hard.

[Reliant121]

I'll take your advice on that.

[Teaos]

The Protector looked cool, kinda like a stingray.